Loom-picker.



N63 761,622. I 'PA'TENTEDMAY 31,1904. syn. BAILEY.

.LOOM PIGKER.

I 1 APPLICATION TILED snmzs'. 190a.

THE Nonms PETERS oofl'mmoumo, WASHINGYON u c UNITED ST T S Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

. BENJAMIN L. BAILEY, OF DANIELSON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALF TO LUTHER FILLING, OF DANIELSON, CONNECTICUT.

LOOM- PICKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,622, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed September 28,1903. Serial No. 174,840. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

] Be it known that I, BENJAMIN L. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danielson, in the county of Windham, State of being seated firmly and squarely upon the edge of the picker-stick.

My improved picker is constructed or built up of a series of superposed layers of nonmetallic resilient material of requisite durability to withstand the constant blows, suchas leather, rawhide, or similar material cut or stamped out to the requisite shape and cemented firmly together. The several pieces are each shaped to present a broad impact portion or body, a depending long and narrow tongue, and an oppositely-extended narrow strap-receiving neck terminating in a head. The backs ofthe tongue and'neck are flatand lie in substantially the same plane to rest against and seat firmly upon the edge of the picker-stick, and at its back the impact portion is concaved or hollowed to leave a clearance between it and the picker-stick, constituting a cushion which will yield slightly upon impact of the shuttle on the face of the picker. v, v

The various novel features of my invention will be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claims. I I

Figure l is a face view of a loom-picker embodying my invention attached to the picker-stick. Fig. 2 isa side elevation there,- of. Fig. 3isaperspective view of the picker detached. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of my invention; and Fig. 5 is yet another modification thereof, to be described.

Referring to the drawings Figs. 1 and 2, A represents part of a picker-stick of usual construction, and B a picker mounted thereon and embodying one form of my invention.

In accordance with my present invention the picker'is composed of a series of superposed blanks or layers 6 of leather, rawhide, or other similar material cemented together. Each blank or layer, asshown herein, has a broad impact portion or body 2, a prolongation forming the long narrew tongue 3 below and extended from it, and above said impact portion a narrow neck 4 is extended and terminating in'a head or enlargement 5.

In constructingthe picker a suflicient number of such blanks or layers (shown in the drawings as five in number) are superposed one upon the otherin a suitable mold with cement of'any proper character adapted to hold the layers firmly together inserted between their adjacent faces, and by means of heavy pressure the several layers are compressed into a permanent pile, which is mold ed or bent longitudinally along the impact portion thereof to form an outwardly-bulged portion or cushion, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the backs of the tongues and necks of the several layers being straight. and fiat for the major portion of their length and located substantially in the same planes. By this arrangement the tongue and neck of the blank or layer adjacent the picker-stick will take a firm seat against the same, leaving an open space or clearance (see Fig. 2) between the edge of the picker-stickandthe impact portion of the picker, thus enabling the picker to yield slightly in the line of the blow delivered upon the picker by the shuttle.

Cementing the layers of leather or rawhide together under pressure makes a firm, resilient, and wear-resisting body in whichone layer cannot work or slip upon another, while each layer performs its proper part in making an exceedingly strong, durable, and serviceable cushion, well adapted to withstand the heavy blows or shocks commonly received by a picker when in use in a loom. I

I have herein shown the picker as connected to the picker-stick by a strong band 0 of leather surrounding the neck portion of the picker below the head and between the head and the impact portion, the band being fixed to the picker-stick in any suitable manner, as by a screw 20 or otherwise.

My improved picker in practice has been found to be effective and durable, lasting much longer than a picker of the same general shape without the cushioned impact portion referred to, and the blows and shocks to which the shuttle is subjected in operation in the loom are, owing to the cushion, so modified and softened that the yarn carried by the shuttle-spring and bobbin is delivered more uniformly and with less cop waste.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 a back strip V of leather or similar material is extended from the head of the picker along the back of the neck and tongue and cemented thereto, thereby increasing the resistance of the cushion, it being understood that the main portion of the picker is constructed as has been described.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the superposed layers are shaped to present a broad impact portion q, the tongue g neck and head 1 substantially as before; but in molding the layers together no bend is made longitudinally of the impact portion. The latter is, however, cut or hollowed out in the back, as at q to leave a clearance-space between the picker and the picker-stick to attain the cushioning action of the impact portion of the picker. as before specified.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A loom-picker consisting of a plurality of superposed layers of non-metallic, resilient material cemented together and shaped to present a broad impact portion concaved at its back to form a cushion, and upper and lower prolongations extended oppositely from said impact portion and having their back faces flat and substantially in the same plane, to seat firmly upon the picker-stick.

2. A loom-picker consisting of a plurality of superposed layers of leather cemented together and compressed, having a broad impact portion concaved at its back to form a cushion, and narrow upper and lower prolongations extended from the impact portion and having flat backs substantially in the same plane, to seat firmly upon the pickerstick.

8. A loom-picker consisting of a plurality of superposed layers of non-metallic, resilient material cemented together and increased in width between their ends to form an impact portion longitudinally concave-convex, the narrow portions of the picker above and below the impact portion having flat back faces to seat squarely and firmly upon the pickerstick, the concave back of the impact portion facing the latter.

4. A loom-picker composed of a series of superposed pieces of leather, cemented one to the other, and each shaped to present a broad impact portion with anarrow tongue below and a narrow neck above the impact portion, the impact portions of the several layers or pieces being bent longitudinally between the tongues and necks, the back face of the rearmost layer or piece having its tongue and neck flat and in substantially the same plane, to seat firmly and directly upon the edge of the picker-stick, the space between the impact portion of the picker and the pickerstick serving as a cushion.

5. A loom-picker consisting of a plurality of superposed layers of leather cemented together and compressed, and shaped to present a broad impact portion bent in the direction of its length, and a narrow, straight neck above, and a narrow, elongated and straight tongue below the impact portion, and a substantially non-extensible back strip or layer cemented to the back of the neck and tongue and crossing the concave back of the impact portion of the picker.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN L. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

G. H. STARKWEATIIER, N. D. PRINCE. 

